Company registrdtion number.. 4612504
Charity registration numbeT". 1100534
Home-start Hillingdon Limited
(A company limited by guarantee)
Annual R¢port and Financial Ststement5
forthe Year Ended 31 Moreh 2024
SteTling fjrove A¢eoun¢ants Limited
CharteTed Certified Accountsnts
2 Regatta Pla¢e
Fawley House
Marlow Road
Bourne End
Buckinghomshire
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Contents
Reference Administrative Detsils
Trustees, Report
2tolO
Independetrt Examinerf5 RqK)rt
11 to 12
Statement of Finan¢ia] Activities
13to 14
BalaEJce Sheet
15
Notes to the Financiai Statements
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Home-stsrt Hillingdon Limited
Refer¢n¢e and Administrative Details
Chairperso
H¢l¢n Anast&SL
Tru51ee5
Heleft Anastasi
Pet¢ James
Lorraine Do￿iDg1￿n
Bala Mere
Rashpai Virde¢
Paula Ya'el Wittels
Shar¢na Sivla]
Priscilla Robit)son
Tallya Link
Seeretsry
Other OfflceTS
cla￿ Nazerali. S¢h¢me Direfflor
Ch4ri¢y RtKlstration Number
1100534
CoJnp#ny Registration Number
4612504
Registered Offw¢
306 iA)ng Lane
Hillingdon
Middlesex
UB109PE
Printipal orriee
306 Long Lane
Hillingdon
Middlesex
UB109PE
Indepertd¢nt Ex4nbiDer
Sterlin8 Grov¢ Accountants Limited
Chartered Certifid Accoutttants
2 Regatta Place
Fawl¢y House
Marlow Road
Bourn¢ End
Buckintsyhamshirc
SL8 STD
Barclays Bank PIC
Bankers
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The trustees. WIKJ are diredors for the PUryKJses of Company law, present the annual report together with the
financial statements and auditors, report of the charitable ¢ompany for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Trn$tets and offlcer5
Th¢ tm5teu and oific¢rs Se￿ing during ihe year and since the year end w¢re follows:
Trust¢es.'
Hel¢n ADast&si
Gillian Lauder (resigned 31 August 2024)
Hasmecn Deol {resigned 13 June 20231
Pete James
Ltsrrdine Dorrington
Moremi Apatathisor¢ (resigned 31 August 2024)
Bala Mere
Rashpal Virdee (oppointed 13 June 2023)
Paula Y&'el Witt¢ls {appointed 16 November 2023)
Shar¢na Sivlal (appointed 31 Au8USt 2024)
Priscilla Robinson (appointed 31 August 2024)
Chairperson..
Helen Anagtssi
Secretary..
Other OfficcT5'.
Tanya Link
Clare Nazern]i, Scheme Director
Objectiwe5 8dlvltles
Objects 4ndaln
This is the ninete¢nth report of the trustees of HoTne-Start Hiliingdon Limitcd. since the company took over
running of the charity known &$ Home•Start Hillingdon.
The organisaiiom is a Charitable Company limited by guardntee, ittwrporat¢d on 9 D￿ember 2002 and
regiSte￿d as a charity on 5 November 2003.
The compw was estsblished by a Memordndum of Association which estsblished the objects and power5 of
the eharitabl¢ company and is governcd under its Articles of Association. Under the5¢ Articles, new memb¢r$ of
the Management Committee may be co-opted by existing members; newly Co-opted members must retire at ihe
next AGM. along with one•third of the othet members on a rotational basi5, after which they are eligibl¢ for
appointment or reole¢tion by the members of the charity as appropriate.
The Company is a charity which exists to support families in the London Borough of Hillingdon. In doing so, the
¢harity aims to in¢TEase the well-being of children by improving the ex￿rienCe of family life for famÈlies in the
boTOU8h. The oharity is aifiliat¢d io the national n¢￿Ork known as Home•Start UK.
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Objeciivu, slrfiiegies uc¢ivilies
Hom¢-Start Hillin8don provide5 SUPPOrt to families in the borough who have at least one child under 5 years
and who are struggling to cope with & variety of challenge5 to a stable. loving and nurturing family life; we aim
help prevent such difficulttes from escalating into criges, and ¢rises fJDm d¢veloping into family breakdowi.
Exampl¢s of th¢ challenges faced by families rtferr¢d for our support include
paretttal mcnts] ill-health,
disability or additional needs of child or parent. b¢irtg a victim of domestic abuse, isola1ion. being a refug¢¢ or
asylum s¢eker. inadequate housing. or oth¢r ditTiculties. We re¢nLit volunte¢rs with par¢nting experience from
the lo¢al ¢ommunity, and train them to provide par¢nt-tO-paTeni ¢motiona] andlor practical hotne-vhsiling
$upp)rt to famili¢s. Wc a15ts offer some direct support through our Family Support Worker prtsje¢i. Through
increasing parent$, confiderttt, resilience and abilhty io ¢ope, ￿ aim to strcngth¢n the parent-child r¢lationship,
helping to giv¢ children a better srart in life.
Our setvices in 2023124 ar¢ describd as follows.-
Core s¢ryice Voluttteer family support.. Staff Co-ordinaior5 mateh trained voluntetis to referred families
following structured needs assessment (see b¢lowl. Each volunteer make5 a regular we¢kly ho]n¢ visit with ih¢ir
matchcd family to support the family kowards identified suprx)rt goals. The staff c￿OrdInat0r overse¢s support
through regular revi¢w 'me¢tings' with each family lusua]ly at th¢ family horne) to ¢nsure SUp￿)rt rcmoin5
rel¢v8nt to the family's situation and pro8ress is made towards out¢om¢s (SUpp￿rt goals).
Perinatal Mental Health Projeci (PNMH).. funded by CNOOC this projcct is based on the Home-start
volunteer supwrt model (d¢scribed aiK)vel to 5UPPQrt familles in the ￿rI￿ala1 period whcre moth¢r has. or is at
risk of. mental h¢alih probl¢ms durirkg pr¢81￿1¢Y artd in the year after birth. The team of volunr¢ers working in
this project hav¢ all r¢¢¢iv¢d ¢nhanc¢d P¢rinatal M¢ntal H¢a]th Awareness Training which is ¢Opdeliv¢Ted with
the Hillingdon Perinatsl Mental Health Team. The project 15 run by a part-time ￿•OrdinatOr.
. bamily Support Worker (FSW) support: fwided by Heathrow Community Trust (HCT). Our Family Supp)rt
Work¢r (FSW) provides direct one ￿ one 5UPPOrt to famili¢s, often with more compl¢x needs.
The FSW provides direct support. applyin8 the Home-start principle5 of $upport. to families in this are#. Th¢y
h¢lp pareDts achheve itt¢re4sed resilience throll8h improved emotional well-being. redu¢ed isolation and
incteased or more effe¢tive use of Community r¢sources. Regular support visits by the FSW take place in
family's own home, or within a com]nunity setting su¢h &% a Children's Centre
Throu¥hout support the FSW offer5 emotional support, confid¢n¢¢ building 9￿d develops strategies with
fan]ilies to cop¢ with chall¢ng¢s. as ￿11 ￿ suppofl to access s¢tvices a5 appropriate ¢.g. benefits advic¢,
houskng advÉ¢e and menta] h¢alth services.
HSH is continuing to deliver the Suc￿sSful FSW project and hs applying for Continuation funding aimed at
¢Dabling us to address the necd around the inCr¢￿d number of referrnls with mor¢ complex ba¢kgrourtds.
Direct c￿OrdinatOr Support.. one to one staff telephone and face-tO-fa¢¢ sllPPOrt b) fa￿111¢$, following a
5tru¢tur¢d support plan to help paretlts a¢hieve 5UPPOrt goa15. Although we are nearly up to full Capacity for
voluDieer nulnbers. we are ¢ontinukng to deliver a small amount of Direct Co-ordinator supp)rt. R¢a50ns for Éhi5
include.. when a larger than usua] number of volunteers are resting aDd when a family would benefit from a short
burst of speciajist support.
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All above 5erYic¢s use our established syston of needs assessmertt and monitoring and evaluation of support
progress for maknmum suc¢e55 in achievittg 5UPPOrt goals.. followng referral, a staff Co-ordithator or the FSW
conducts an tnitia] needs ass¢s5ment {IVI with the family, enabling a support plan to be indivtdually tsilored i
agreement with the family. The Cowordinator or FSW will complete an IV assessment form wtth the family. part
of which ask$ ihe pareni to give their 'toping scoreg, on a 5-￿)int scole (wtth O beins'not copins w¢ll' to 5
bein8 'coping very well,) to id¢ntify how well they frel ihey are coping with each of 13 different aspetts of
parenting and family life. Each &%pect falls within on¢ of four tategories.- Parenting skills,. Patental w¢ll-beillg
Children'5 well-being. Family management. Coping s¢ores give an indication of areas wthere parents feel they
are not coping well and enable Co-ordinators and parents to identify which needs Home-start will support. For
¢arh identified need, g goal or'out¢ome' for Hom¢-Start 5UPPOrt is agreed with the family. and regular {usudly
3-monthlyl strurtured r¢views are undertak¢n by staff throughout support.
Short-inteJventÉon Co-ordinator Support {mini￿al Co-ordiftator Support) - For some reftrred famili¢s, initiat
¢0￿rdInat0r assessment rnis¢s concern$ for a voluttteer's safety or identifies needs which are more quickly
addressed (so not meriting makh wth a voluthteer for longer temi Support) or needs not within Home-start's
rernit e.g., regular ¢hildcar¢. In these si￿2tions, a c(H)rdinator might offer some 'Short-intervention
co￿rdInal0r Support,, thi5 SUPPOrt would nomtaily involve some 5hort-t¢rni listening ear. signpx>5ling or
r¢feTrdls madc to otherscrvice$.
• Fo(xlbank Parther- We remain a partner with Hillingdon Foodbank and have issued fL￿d vouchers to eligible
families in ned and have liaised with the Foodbank to enable provision of pareels for famili¢s.
. Babyb8nk Parther - We have developed a ¢lose relationship Maidenhead Babybank who, on request.
deliver equipment and supplies for families who need th¢tn.
In the last year we have initiateil 3 new projects.
R¢sear¢h into barrters to p¢opl¢ from Ethnic Minority Groups IEMGS) engaging with volunteering.
W¢ won fi]nding from the GLA'S Civil Society Roots programrne to deliver an innovative research proj¢ct
investigating b￿rie[S io people from Ethnic Minority Groups (EMGS) engaging with fornial volunteerin8
opportunities. The project stsned in Sept¢mber and having collecr¢d data from focus groups. inteJview5 and
surveys. our Community Engagement Cowordinator (CEC.) is moving to the second stage ofthis proj¢¢t. In the
nexL iesting phase, She will deliver targeted vtslunteer re¢mTtmeni based on leaming 8ained through r¢search to
increas¢ recrnitmeni from commiinities that are protx)rtionally represented in our current volunteer pool.
During This ph&8e we will work in partnership H4AII to direet int¢rested volunteers who are noi able to
volunteer in HSH roles to oth¢r, more suitable roles offer¢d by Hillingdon'5 wider VCS. The last stage of this
project will be to analyse our su¢¢es5 and disseminate our finding5 &s Midely as possible. Working with H4AII.
we plan to deliver inforn)ation sessions that will enable Hillillgdon's VCS organisation5 to share Jn our learning.
We have had a great deal of intcrcsl in this research from other stakeholders including from thc wider
Hoffle-start's network, the GLA, Funding bodie5 and other representative bodi¢s such a5 HEAR network who
are intel¢5t￿ in our findings and wanl to share in the insights we have gained.
This project is already having a positiv¢ effeel on our HSH'S volimtcer recnLitm¢nt. Through ¢nga8ernent wtth
community groups in the first phase of thi5 project, we have already scen an in¢rea5e in re¢witm¢nt of a third
for our rurrent Preparation c.ourse at a tim¢ when, across the s¢¢tor. organisations are findin8 volunteer
recruitm¢tkt challen8ing. Interestingly. ev¢n kfore we start our tsr8eted ￿¢rUitMent, n¢arly 900/0 of parttcipanis
on our current VolUn￿er Pr¢pardtion Cours¢ are not Whit¢-British. This support5 our ambition for our volunl¢¢r
pool to be more r¢presentstive of the ¢ommutiity we serve.
Student Social Wot*er project
To incre￿¢ d¢livery and furfher our ambition for inspiring an organisatiollal cultyr¢ of leaming aT
emw>wemient. we have embarked the delivery of a Student Social work project and have tsk¢n on
student social worker in his fjrst, 704iay placement. We are training him to deliver supptsrt to families athd
siipIK)rting his learning and dev¢lopment with a particular focus on gathering a deep und¢rstanding of what life
15 like for stsuggling families and how supportive, enabling Support can bring about lasting change.
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W¢ ar¢ in the in11i￿ sta8¢5 of this projtct and hop¢ to expand to take on up to 3 social work students on¢e a
year.
Community Conne¢tions Proj¢¢t.
This year we siart¢d developing our Community Connections Project. This proj¢ct 15 designed to diY¢rsi
funding streams by increasing community aThd corporate giving and to become bett¢r known the borough and
to increase volunteering. In this w¢ generated £12,000 frorn a Tange of sources ajjd piloted a fundraising
ev•)t,"Walk the Home-start Half Marathon." We also secured highly competitive funding from The Fore. who
state their mission as being "to turb)w¢harge exceptional small chaTiti¢s tTansfomhii)g lives and so¢i¢ty." This
provides th¢ s¢¢d funding for a Community Connection5 c.o-ordinator WI￿ will lead the d¢liv¢ry of this project
in 2024-25 to grow community funding.
Public benefii
The charity offers a family support service for families in Hillingdon and the SU￿OundIng ar￿ set up to off¢r a
s¢rvi¢e. free ai the ￿)int of access thal would be available to all and completely independent of statutory
agen¢ies. Memb¢rs of stsff work ¢los¢ly with a network of trained volunt¢ers who carry out home-visiting
support ts) fatnilies.
lThe In￿¢¢$ collfimi that th¢y have complied with the r¢quirements of s¢tiion 17 of the Charities A¢t 2011 to
have due regard to the publi¢ b¢nefit guidan¢¢ published by the Charity Commission for England aDd Wal¢s.
Use of voluftlea¥
We would like tts thank 011 volunteers who work so hard to make Home-start Hillingdon the key children and
families, voluntsry agency the knrough. We continue to rely on gur team of dedicated volunleers deliver
our service to the families of Hillin8don and without whom w¢ ¢ould not txi$t.
All our carefully selected volwiteers und¢rtak¢ a robust recTUitment Process wd must complete an extensiv¢
40hr ￿j￿ill￿ programme before they can b¢ aecepted as a home-Vi5lting volunteer. OUT Volunteer PreparaLion
Course covers various topics including Me¢iing the Ne￿$ of childre￿ Supporting Parents and Perinat￿ Ment41
Health, Listening and Communi¢alion 5ki11s. D¢Jm¢stic Abuse. Values and Attitudes, Safeguarding Children's
W¢lfare and Confidefttiality.
In the year 2023-2024 w¢ delivere411 training course starting on 9th October 2023 with a total of 6 participaijts.
Having planned to deliver a s¢cond course starting in Fcb 2024, we decided to put back itLC $tsrt date back io
16th April 2024 to enable ow newly established research project lo have time to recruit additional volunteeiE
from diverse b&¢kgrounds. A$ a r¢suii. our current course has 9 participaThlS With 9￿/. participants frotn
backgrounds other than whits BritLSh.
Whilst the first half of the y¢ar 23-24 was pani¢ularty challenging for volunt¢er r¢¢ruitment - Ihis h&8 bcen felt
across th¢ Home-start netwotlc as well as the s¢ctor as a whol¢ and has been put down to the impa¢t of the ¢051
of living crisis
our research proj¢ct s¢ems to be effe¢tively mitigating against these cha]l¢n8es but wt TLe¢d
acknowledge ttlat we are having to work Iwder to r¢¢nijt volunteers and sre still re¢rui¢ing fewer than in
pirvious years.
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Staffing.. We ar¢ v¢ry grateful to The staff t¢8m for all their hard work snd dedication during the year and all the
support they have given to families, volunteer5 and Trnstees. During this year our dedicat¢d staff team consisted
of a Diredor, one Senior Cowoidinalor. 2 Covordinator5. a Fomily Support Worker, Office and Finance Manager,
Communiry Engagement C(H>rdinalor, xtsd a Student So¢ial Worker.
Volunteer Numbers." We ¢nded th¢ y¢ar with a team of 39 traincd volunteers. Ill addition. we also had 9
participants on our Volwitttr Prepar2tioth Course whi¢h finished in June 2024.
Volunte¢r support and safeguarding pr￿tIce.. despite the usua] pr¢ssures of running a small ¢harity with limited
resource, we put high priority on providing & safe service by ¢ThsuriTrg all volunteer5 and operational stsff r¢ceive
regular on¢ to one sup¢tviston alld all Teceive re￿]￿r safeguarding training.
F￿nity Numbers.. 2023-2024 we supported 125 familie5 {wtth a total of 150 ¢hÈldren). 96 families received
support under on¢ tsf our projects. 72 families r¢¢¢iv¢d volunt¢¢r peer SUp￿rt. Addttionally, 29 familie$
r¢c¢iv¢d Minima] Cowordinator supptsrt.
External Funding..
. In addition lo our pre•se¢uTed funds from the last year we have 5¢¢ured.-
0 £128.200 over 3 years from Henry Smith to ¢ov¢r Core Costs (started delivery in 23-24}
0 £120,000 from U)ndon Borough of Hillingdon
0 £15,000 from Heothrow Communiry Trust for 2023-2024
0 £28.1)00 from CNOOC for 2024-2025
0 £60,000 from City Bridge Foundation for fimding 2024-2027
0 £30,000 from The Fore for 2024-2026
0 £30,000 from Grfield Weston for 2023-2025
0 £30.000 from The GLA for 2023-2024
o Over £10,000 from community fundraising
. Hom¢-Start Hillin8don is ¢ontinuin8 to develop a diverse rang¢ of funding sources. but thi5 takes time. As well
as in¢reasirtg the number of charitable grants for projects, we are continuing to bwld our ¢ommuntty-b&sed
fundrzising that will boih raise our profile withiii the local tommunity and raise unrestri¢ted funds for lh¢
delivery of core services. We have secure fitnding from The For¢ for a Communty Connections Cowordinator to
develop our community Iti￿￿e generation plans.
De5Pite considerable incre25cs in the amount of extemal funding we hwe secured, without support from
Slatutory se¢ior fimding to cover ¢ore ¢osts. our c￿ntIal $eryiGe is extrem¢ly vulnerable.
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Aehievewents #Dd perforJnaDet
In May. we ¢ompleted Homc-stsrt UK'S Qualhty Assessment Process and weT¢ hi8hly ￿MMended in S out of
10 areas. Wt have attached the overvi¢w report from the QA pnxess to this report (Appendix 4)-
. S¢v¢rai thLDgs have followed fi￿M this..
o Our Operations Manager w&8 asked to share the SafeLyuarding resour¢es we have ¢r¢ated with th¢ n¢twork of
nearly 200 HOm￿starts nationally as our child-centr¢d approach was considered so strong.
o We w¢r¢ proud io have be¢ti selected by Home.Start UK in recognition of the quality of th¢ seThice we offer
io w¢ive on¢ of a few tickets ¢0 the Princess of Wales Carol Setvi¢e -Tog¢th¢r at Christm&s." The Prinress
des¢rib¢d having, "invited hundreds of inspiring individuals to the service... who show¢&se the power of
coDn¢ctedness and eommwiity values. allowing us to ￿ntinue Her Majesty's tradition of re¢o8nising and
thankiDg those who have gon¢ above and twond to support others."
We held a staff and tT￿s￿ Sirattgi¢ Away Day to co￿reate a strategic plan for th¢ next 3 year5. Our n
Strategi¢ Plat) 15 attached (Appendix 5) and refines our key obje¢tive so the next few y¢ars.
• Contsnued High Quality S¢Nee- Home¥Start Hillingdon prides itself on the quality ofthe support w¢ provide.
Our families. improved coping s¢ores and th¢ fe¢dba¢k we receive from families and profr55LOrtals tell the story
of th¢ impact ond value of our service which tamilies report can be life ¢hanging.
Volunteer sUp￿rt and safeguarding pra¢ticx'. Our high￿￿alIty service is dependent our focus on prioritising
volunteer support and robust safeguarding systems
o all voluThte¢rs and operationa] stsff re¢eivt regular one to one supervision (volunt¢¢rs six w¢ekly and staff
¢very &8 weeks.
o all rec¢ive re¥ulor saf¢gu#rding trainin8, volunt¢¢rs receiv* An initia] d8y, then annual refreshers. staff all Iwe
LSCB l¢vel 3 Working Together, attend an annual refresher session alld then LSCB r¢freshers every 3 years,
o Family support is set up as partn¢rship bthv¢¢n the volurttser atKI the £(￿0rdinator and in addition to regular
supetvision. volunteers regularly ¢all in lo twn ideas p3St stafy memb¢T8 this open dialo¥u¢ enables focussed
Support, qui¢k identification and a¢tion around safeguarding concerns and enabl¢s volunt¢¢rs to f¢¢1 supportcd
ID ihe Tole.
. Comtinued 5u¢¢essfvl ¢ompl¢tion of our robust annual itttemal audit process and our ¢ommitm¢nt to continual
improvements anoJyse5 what EISH is doik8 well and identifies ihings we may b¢ able to improve.
. Our work to streamline process¢s h&s driven down waiting times for service users.
We have contit)ued to dev¢lop our ongoing monitoring sysi¢ms Ihat allow us to a¢et5s inforniation aly)ut
service delivery KPl$ in real-time enabling proactive action to address any variatlon that might 0¢¢￿ from ow
¢xpe¢iations.
C¢miinued positive relationships in the trK)rough'. with L0¢01 organisations, participating in Borough-wid¢
strategi¢ Coiiv¢rsations (in¢ludins seat on the HCYP Transforniation Board and the Safeguarding Partnership),
increase profile raisin8 activiry (includi5Jg improved Social Media Presencc).
• Continued to se¢ure multL-y¢ar, extemal funding that will 5etUTe HSH'S servi¢es in the future.
We applied to the Crnnfield Trust for a consultant who h&8 SUPPOrted us to updat¢ our finat)ce and budg¢titig
5ySt¢ms to ejthle us to monage our in¢reasingly ¢omplicat¢d ￿nd1Thg streams more strategically
In¢reasing outrtrdch to address has enabled u5 to mitigate against Pan-London ¢hallenges in volunt¢¢r
recruitment. D¢spite re¢witment challenges. we have managed to get out net-volunteer numbEr5 almost to the
moximwii current staff l¢vcls allow.
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Our outreach and researth project have enabl¢d us to increase volunteer recruitment from EMG populations
and has it)creased net EMG representation within HSH volunteers.
• Our GLA-Fund¢d research project has gained pan-LondoTh attention.
We succ¢ssfully won funding for our in¢ome generation project from the incredibly competitive ￿nder The
Fore who de$¢ribe their mission as'*0 bjrbwharge exceptional Small charities transfgming liv¢s and society."
Finantial r¢vit
Total in¢ome for the year was £267.050 (2023.. £204,320) split between ￿￿estricted income of £185,439 (2023..
£149,757} and restrict¢d in¢otne of £81.611 {2023: £54,563).
The charity's show a surplus of £2.685 (2023.. deficit of £19,319) for th¢ year.
The charity continues to implemeni financial ¢onlrols commensurate with a charity of its size.
Pollq on reserves
The Managemellt C¢)mmittee has a Reserves Policy whtch includes detsils thc charity's approach tt> reserve5
and how our larget reserves level has been ¢alculated. At 11 March 2024, the charity held £48,707 12023..
£52,223) in a separate bartk accouni for non-budg¢t¢d expenditure, including any last-resort need to ¢10S￿dOWn
the S¢hem¢ and wind up the company in an organised and debt-free manner. Our res¢tves balan¢e is under our
minimum r¢5¢rves level that we wish to have. We have a fundraisittg plan in place to raise addiiional fvnds in
the ye4r to ttot just meet our minimum reserves but to eventually reach our ideal target l¢vel.
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Plan5 for future perfiods
Continue to secure sustainabl¢ fimding
Whilst w¢ have com¢ a long way the last year in diversifying our futtding streams. we still have work to do to
be¢ome f]nan¢ially susiaiDable in the longer terni in line wth our Strategic Plan, ￿ aim io:
S¢¢ure a coniract with I,BH to deliver services from April 2025
Grow our income from ￿MMunity and £ortK)rate souK¢s to around IOO/o of our annual irt¢ome through our
new Community Conneciions proje¢¢,
. S¢¢ure addiiional fimding from charitable tru5ts- where possible, multk-year fuDdin8
Secure funding for a'Dad matters. proje£t
HSH recogi)ises that there is CU￿entlY a gap in provision helping Dads. We aim to s¢¢ure funding ty bring
Home-start's Dad Matters project to Hillingdon. This project sta]ts woAt in th¢ wJten&la] period and provides
peer support for dads to prevent and d¢-escalat¢ mental hralth LSSUe5 and build UDderstallding around the
importance of ¢reating a strong. s¢cur¢ bond with their baby in the firsi 1001 days. It also works Wlth oth¢r
professiona]5 on a way to wsitively ei)gage Dad5 in th¢ parentillg journey.
Improve our website messwng and the-cus1o￿er journey"
One of the fcw areas from our Quality Assessment where we are t￿t currently excelling is gmund "Bran
Communicaiion, Dats and Digital" the ¢oming year wc airn to address this, improvins our w¢bsite and
keeping current content, moving io an online referral sysiem, and bringiDg clariry and simplifying the way
potcntial voluni¢¢rs can a¢¢ess infomiation and apply.
Celebrating our 25 Annhversary
This year is our 25th 8Thniversary year and we plan ￿ hold an ev¢nt to ¢¢lebrat¢ the 1*8t 25 y¢af and lay out
plans forth¢ fvture.
Growing Student Pla¢em£nt project
Havin8 established and stsrted delivering our S￿dent placement project with one stud¢nL in the next year we
plan to open it up to additiotlal universities to take on up to 3 Student S￿la1 Wod(¢rs
To gain insight and share knowled8¢ fiom our Research project
We will ¢ompl¢te our r¢s¢arLh project thi$ y&qr and use the knowledge to incre&se uptske of volllnleering within
Ethnic Minority Groups. We will share insight gained witbin the VCS in Hillin8don, the Htsm¢-Start N¢twork
aThd through other straiegi¢ WIK) are intertst¢d in tht findings.
Strntture. govern*￿ee gnd m*n•gemetst
Nuiure tsfg•verning drtupnent
The charity is govern¢d by a board of tntstees. th¢ Management Committee. wljts meel at l¢ast 6 tim¢s 8 year. At
th¢ b04rd meetings, th¢ trustces revi¢w pro8re5s on the charity's core activities. the latest position on resources
and the charity's finances. and r¢view and agree new and reYis¢d governan¢e poli¢i¢s and proceduT¢S. The
board of trustees agree mitigating actions for any risks. as well &s reviewing progTess againsi str*e8ic objtctives
and plans.
The list of trustees during the y¢ar ending 3 1 March 2024 15 Included on page l. All tmstee5 be¢om¢ direc¢oTS of
the company onc¢ ih¢y have ¢ompl¢ted th¢ir fortnai appointn*nt PToce5S.
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Trustees, Report
Ré¢ruilmeNi 4ndoppoilltnwnl oftruste
The charity is Continuing to seek additional trllstee5 to complement th¢ cxpertrse and ¢xperien¢e of its
Managemenl Committee. All new trustee5 follow a documented induetionltraining process which is flexible yet
mandatory allowing training to be tstlored to their 5peciftc needs. The i]￿u¢t￿On includes a revi¢w of kcy
governance documentation.
Org4nisatioRalslrnLthre
During 2023-2024, the daY-¢￿daY operations of the charity were run by the Scheme Direc¢or. Senior
Co-ordinator aDd the OffE¢e and Finall¢¢ Manag¢r.
Rel#tionsbip$ with Y¢lgted parties
Members of the charity
Members guarantee to contribiite an amount not exceeding £1 to the &s$¢ts of the charitable company in the
ev¢ni of winding up th¢ company. The totsl number of such guarantees on 31 March 2024 was 9 (2023.. 9).
Moior risks aNdmoRllgemehtofthoserlskn
Th¢ management committee regularly review risks to which the chajity is exposed to and maintain a risk
register detailing miti¥atin8 actions. Internal control risks are tninimised by the inJplem¢ntAtion of procedure5
for authorisatioll of 811 transactions. Procedures are in place to ¢nsure ¢omplianc¢ with health and safety
requirements of staff and volunteer5.
Dlselosurt of inforniation to auditor
Each tmst¢e has taken step$ that they ought to hav¢ taken ￿ a tru5ttt itt ord¢r to make th¢mselves aware of any
relevaJ]l audit inforniation and to establish that the ¢hariWs auditor is aware of th* Énfornlaiion. The tru5tee5
confimi that th¢re is no relevant infomiation that they know of and of whi¢h they know the auditor is unawdre.
The annual report was approved by the tn]st¢es of the chartty on.
. and si8n¢d OTJ its behalf by..
H¢len Anastasi
Chwrperson and Trustee
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Home-St*rt Hillingdon Limited
Independent Examiner'$ Report to the trustees of Home-StArt Hillingdon Limited ('the
Company,)
I r¢port to th¢ charity tn￿l¢eS on my ¢xaminalion of the accounts of the CompaDy for the year ended 31 March
2024.
Responsibilitie5 #nd b85is of report
As the charity'5 trus¢¢es of the Company {and also its directors for the purposes of rompany law) you are
responsible for the preparation of th¢ wcounts ill a¢¢ordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006
('the 2006 Act'}.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not r¢quir¢d w be audii¢d undcr Part 16 of the
2006 A¢t and ar¢ eligible for independent examinatio￿ I r¢port respert of my examination of your charity's
accounts as carried out under s¢¢tion 145 of the Cbarities A¢t 2011 I'the 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my
examination I have follow¢d the Directions given by the Charity Commission ut)d¢r secfion 145{5Xb) of the
2011 Act.
Indeptndent txamlner'5 5tstement
Since the Comparty's gross incom¢ exceeded £250.000 your ¢xaminer must be a mcrnber of a body list¢d in
section 145 of the 2011 ACL I confirni that I am qualifhed to undertakt the examination be¢aus¢ l am a member
of Sterling Grove Account2nL8, which is one of the listed bodi¢5.
I have ¢omplet¢d ttjy ¢xaminatiots. I confirm that no matters hav¢ wme to my attention in connection with the
examination giving me caus¢ to believe=
accouniing record5 were not kept its r¢speet of Home-start Hillingdon Limil¢d &$ required by section 386
of th¢ 2006 Act. or
2. th¢ accounts do not accord with those r¢¢ords; or
3. th¢ accounts do not ¢omply with th¢ a¢wunting requirement5 of s¢¢tion 396 of the 2006 Act other than
aDy requirem¢nt that the aowunts give a'trle and fair view whith is not a matter considered as part of an
ind¢pendent examination. or
4. the accounts have not been prcpared in accordan¢¢ with the methods and principles of the Stst¢ment Of
Recommended Pradice for ac¢ountlDg and reporting by chariti¢s lappliGable WJ eharili¢s preparing th¢ir
a￿truntS in accordance with the Finatlcial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and R¢public of
Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no ¢oncems and have comr a¢ross no other matter5 in COTLnettion with ihe examination to which attention
should bc drawi in this report in order io enable a proper understanding of th¢ accounts to be reached.
Mr GiaTmi Pietro Amasatmi FCCA
Chartcred Certified A£countsnts
Sterling Grove A¢¢out)tsnts
2 Regatta Pla¢¢
Fawley Hoyse
Marlow Road
Bourne End
BuckiTbghamshir¢
SL8 STD
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Home-stsrt Hillingdon Limited ('the
Company'}
Date..
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Home-St2rt HilliDgdott Limited
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
(Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains
and Losse5)
Totsl
2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Note
and Endowment5 from:
Choritable aciivili¢s
Other trading *iivities
Investment income
174,122
10,854
463
81,611
255,733
10.854
463
Total IDwme
185,439
8l.611
267.050
Exp¢nditure on:
Rais&ng funds
aritable activilles
{1,964}
(159.841
(1,964)
262.401)
102.560)
Tots] Expetlditure
Nd in¢om41{expenditure}
Ner movement in fvnds
(161.8051
{102,560)
1264.365)
23,634
20.949
2,685
23.634
(20.9491
2,685
Re¢oD¢iligtioll (If fllnds
Total funds brought foThvard
Total funds Gatried fornvard
25,073
77.134
102.207
20
48,707
56,185
104,892
Th¢ notes on pages 16 to 28 forni an integra] part of these fin￿1claI statements.
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Hom￿Start Hillingdon Limited
Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
(Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains
and knses)
Uthrestrieted
fulld8
Re5trirted
fund$
Totgl
2(J23
IDtome #nd Endowments frotD:
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
tnve5tm¢nt income
145,558
4,081
54,563
200,121
4,081
Total income
149.757
54,563
204,320
Expendityrt on:
Raising funds
Charitsble activili¢s
(6781
{174.2871
(678)
1222,961)
148,6741
Total exp¢ndiMre
(174,965}
{48.674)
{223,6391
Net (¢xpenditureytllC4)me
125,2081
5,889
(19.319)
Net mov¢m¢nt in funds
(25.208)
5,889
119J19)
Rec￿e111￿tion of
TotaI funds brought forward
50.281
71,245
121,526
Total fi]nds wried fonvard
20
25,073
77.134
102,207
All of the charity's actAYitie5 dcriv¢ from continuing operations during th¢ at*)ve two pertods.
The notes on pag¢s 16 to 28 fotm an integrnl part of th¢se financial stat¢ments.
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Home-St4rt Hillingdon Limited
(Registration number: 4612504)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024
2024
2023
Note
Fiied a￿ts
Tangible asS¢IS
13
6,164
586
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at batth and in hand
14
15
9,526
92,569
944
106.414
102.095
107.358
Creditors: Amounts 1g11ing du¢ within one year
16
(3.367)
15,7371
curreTrl a￿ets
98.728
101,621
Net asstt5
104,892
102,207
FU￿dS of the charity:
Re5trirted ineome funds
Restri¢t¢d fi￿d$
56,185
77,134
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestricted ftmits
4g,707
25.073
Total fuod$
20
104.892
102,207
For the financial y￿r ending 31 March 2024 the charity ¢ntiil¢d w exemption from audit ￿nder 5ertion 477
of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small Companies.
Dhi¢¢tors' rc5ponsibilities-.
The members hav¢ not required the charity to obtain an audit of its a￿OUnts for the year in question in
a¢¢ordance with section 476: and
Th¢ directors ￿knOwledge th¢ir responsibiliti¢$ for complying with the re4uir¢ments of th¢ Act with r¢$pect
io accounting records and the preparatiOTL tsf accounts.
cial statements on pages 13 to 28 were approved by the twsiees, and auihorised for Issue on
Helen An&stasi
Chairp¢rson and trustee
The notes on pages 16 to 28 forni an integral part of these financial ststements.
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
I Charity statu5
The charitable comparty is limited by guarantee, 1ncorp0rdt￿ in th¢ UK. aJNI wnsequently does not have share
¢apiial. Each of the trnstees is liable to ¢ontribute an amoufvt not exeeedithg £21 towards the ￿9¢ts tsf thc chartty
in the event of liquidation.
The address of its re8lStered office 15..
306 Long Lane
Hillingdo
Middlesex
UB109PE
The prin¢ipai place of busin&sS i$.-
306 Long Lane
Hillingdon
Mtddlesex
UB109PE
Authorised for issue
ate
2 Ac¢•uDtiTrg polleles
Summary of 8ignifi¢#nt accouDtiDg policies And key oetuU￿tsTrg estlmat&
The principal accounting wlicie5 appli¢d irt the preparation of thes¢ financial stat¢ment5 are s¢t out below.
Th¢se policie5 hove been consistently applitd to all th¢ y¢ars present¢Lt ut)less othenvise Stated.
St4tement of tompliance
The finantial statcments have b¢en prepared tn arrordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities..
Sthtement of Recommended Pra¢tic¢ (applicable to ¢harities pr¢paring their acwunts in accordance with the
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019)
(Clwities SORP (FRS 102)). the Financial Reponing Standard appli¢able in the UK alld Republic of Ireland
(FRS 102} a￿d the C(pmpanies Act 2006.
BASIS of preparatio
Home-stsrt Hillingdon Limited m¢¢ts the definition of a public benefit entity und¢r FRS 102. A￿ets and
liabi]ities ar¢ initia]ly recognised at historical cost or tronsartion value unl¢s5 otherwise stated in th¢ r¢levant
a￿oUnting policy notes.
Golffjg concern
The trustees ¢on5id¢r that theT¢ are no material uncertainties about the chartty's ability to continu¢ as 4 going
oncern nor any significant areas of utt¢ertainty that 8ffe¢t the carying value of assets held by the charity.
lttcorne endowments
All in¢ome is recognised once the charity has ¢nttilemcnt to the in¢om¢, it is probable that th¢ in¢omc will be
received and the amount of the income receivable can b¢ M￿￿red reliably.
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Home-St*rt Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
DohrtledserviC￿ 4Mdf4¢llllies
Wherc sejvices OT facilities are provided to the charity as a donation that would normally b¢ pur¢h&%ed from our
suppliers. this b¢nefit is included in the financial statements ai it's fair value unless its fair value ¢annot be
reliably m￿Ured. thet) at the cost to the donor orthe re581e value of goods that ore to be sold.
Expenditur
All expenditure is r¢cognised onee there is a lega] or ¢onstn]ctive obligation to that expenditure. it is probabl¢
settlement is required wjd th¢ amount can be measur¢d reliably. All costs aTe allo¢ai¢d to the applirabl¢
expendi￿re h¢adillg that a8gre8ate SiFnilar costs to thai ￿tegOry. Where costs Ca￿￿t be directly attributed to
particular headings ih¢y have been allocated on a basis eonsistent with the use of Tesources, with central sthff
costs allo¢ated on ihe basis of time spent. and depreciation ¢harg¢s allocated on the portion of the a5set'5 Use.
Other supwrt costs are alltscaied based ¢)n th¢ spread of Stsff costs.
Rai5inglMft
These are costs it1¢4￿ed in attracting voluntary income, th¢ management of investsn¢nts ond those incurred In
trading adivities that raise funds.
Choriloble Rcliwli
Chwiiable expcndilure compTiSeS those ¢o$ts incurred by th¢ ¢hariry the delivery of its activiti¢s and services
for its b¢n¢ficiaries. It Liicludes both costs can be allocated directly to such activities end those costs of an
indire¢t nature n¢ttssary 10 $UPPOrt them.
Support ¢0Sts
Support costs inGlude Central functions and hY4vc been allo¢at¢d to activity cost GategoTies a basis consistent
with th¢ use of r¢source5, for ¢xample, allocatill8 propcrty costs by floor ar¢as, or per capits. siaifwsts by the
time spetsr and other costs by their usage.
Governanct co$ts
These irt¢lud¢ the costs attributable to the chority's cornplianee with con5titutiottai and ststytory requirements.
inrluding audit, strate8ic management and twstees meetings and reimbursed expens¢s.
Tax*ilon
The charity is consi¢kred to pas5 th¢ tests set out in Pard8raph I Schedule 6 of th¢ Finance 2010 and
therefore it meel$ the definiiion of a charitable company for UK COTFM)ration iax purposes. Accordingly. the
charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or ¢gpital gain5 received within cat¢¥ori¢s
¢oveTed by Chapler 3 Part I l of th¢ Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Se¢iion 256 of the Taxation of Chatgrabl¢
Gains Act 1992. to the extetti thai su¢h income or gains are applied exGlusivcly to ¢haritable purwses.
Tangible fjyed 4sstts
Individual fixed assets Costing £100.00 or more are initially rccorded at cosi, less any subsequent accumulated
depreciation and subsequent a¢¢umulat¢d impairni¢t)t losses.
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Home-stsrt Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
DepreciAtlon 8nd amortisatlon
D¢preciatiOT] is provided on t￿gible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuatii)n, less any estimated
residual valu¢. over their expected useful economic lif¢ as follows:
Asset ¢la35
Plant and ma¢hinery including motor v¢hi¢les
Fithres. fittings and ¢quipm¢nt
DepreciAtion method gnd r#¢t
25Q/o reducing balance b&sis
25 /0 reducing balan¢¢ basis
Tr*de debtors
Trade debtors ar¢ amounts due from eustomers for m£￿handIse sold or s¢ryi¢es perfomed in the ordit)ary
course of business.
Trade debiors are recognised initially at The trdnsaction price. They are subsequently measured at 2mortis¢d ¢ost
Using the ¢ff¢¢tiv¢ rTttere5t method. less provision for impairnient. A provision for the impaim¢nt of trade
debtors 1$ ¢stabli5hed there is obj¢ctiv¢ ¢viden¢e that the charity will not b¢ able to collect all amount$ due
according to the ori8ina] tem?s of the rec¢ivables.
CAgh c4sh equlv#lÈnt$
Cosh and (￿h equival¢n(s ￿MpriSe ¢ash hand and call d¢posit& and other short-t¢rm highly liquid
investments that ar¢ rradily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subj¢ct to an insignifica￿¢ risk of
change in value.
Borrowings
Intere51-bearing knrrowin8$ are initially recorded at fair value. net of ttansa¢tion costs. Interest-b¢gring
btsrroTrings are subs¢quently ¢arried at amtsrtised cost. with the differen¢e b¢twe£n the proceeds. n¢t of
transaction costs, and th¢ amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the Ststement of Finan¢ial
Activitie5 over th¢ p¢riod of th¢ relevant boTrowing.
Interest expens¢ is recognised 00 the ba515 of the efftctive interest method artd is included in iTht¢r¢st payable
and similar ¢harg¢s.
BoTTowill8s are ¢lassifi¢d as ¢urrent liabiliti¢s unle55 the charity h&% an un¢onditiotsal right to defer settl¢m¢nt of
th¢ liability for at least twelve tnontlkS after the rerx>rtin8 dal¢.
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Not¢s to the Finan¢ial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mar¢h 2024
exthgDge
Trdnsaclions in foreign eurrencies are r¢¢orded at the rate of ¢xchan8e at the dale of th¢ trdnsaction. Mon¢tary
asseis and liabilities denominated ITh ftireign ¢urrencie5 al the balance sheet date are report¢d at the tates of
exchange prevailing at th8t date.
Th¢ results of overseas operations are irhnslai¢d at the averdge rat¢s of exchange during the period and their
balance sheets at the rat¢s ruling at the balance sheet date. Exchangc differences ari5itbg on translation of the
opening net assets and re5uIt5 of overse&¥ operation5 are reported in other compreh¢n$ive income and
aceumulated cquily (attributed to non-¢orttr(>llin8 inteK5ts as appropriat¢).
Other exchange differ¢n¢¢s are recognisa iti th¢ Stst¢ment of Financial A¢tivities in the period in which they
arise ¢x¢¢pt for".
l) exchan8e diff¢r¢nc¢s on transaction5 entered into io h¢d8e certain foreign ¢urr¢n¢y risks (see a￿¥¢).
2) exchange differences arising on gains or 10$5es on non-monetary itern5 whirh are rec4)gnised in other
comprehensiv¢ in¢om¢- and
3) in the case of the Consolidated fJnancia] 5t*ement$. exchang¢ difference5 on monetary it¢n]5 receivAbl¢ from
or payabl¢ to a foreign operation for whi¢h settlement is neither planned nor likely to o¢¢iw {th¢refore forniing
part of the nei investment in the (oieign operation). which are rewgnised in oth¢r comprehensive income and
reported und¢r equkty.
strncture
Unrestricted in¢om¢ fund8 general fvnds that are availabl¢ for use at the tru5t¢es discretion in fi￿h¢ranCe of
the objectlV¢5 of the Charity.
Restri¢t¢d income funds are those iknnat¢d for use in a particular area or for sp¢¢ific purposes, the us¢ of which
is restricted to that area or purpose.
Pert$iorts other p05* retirement obligations
The tharity operates a defined benefit pension sCheme.Typic￿IY defined benefit plans define an amount of
pensiOtJ benefit that an employee will r¢¢eiv¢ on retiremenL usua]ly dependent on one or more factors such as
age, years of service and COTnp¢nS￿I0n.
The liability r¢cognised in the Ba]an¢e Sheet in respect of defined benefit pension plans is th¢ present value of
tlje dcfuled b¢nefJt obligation at ih¢ reporting date minus th¢ fair value of plan assets. Th¢ defined beneflt
obligaiiot) is m¢asur¢d using the projected unit credit m¢thod. The present value of th¢ d¢fin¢d benefit
obligation is d￿erMIned by discountiTh¥ the cstimatd fvture paym¢nts by reference to market yi¢lits at the
reporting datt on high*uality corporate bonds that are denominaied in lh¢ ¢urrency which the bEn¢fits will be
paid. and that have temis to maturity approximating to the teriiis of the rtkned pension liability-
Aduarial gains and losw are charsed or ¢￿dIted to tsth¢r ¢ompr¢h¢t)$iv¢ income in the period in whi¢h they
tiris¢.
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Hom¢-Start Hillingdon Limite4J
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
Fingneial instrnmettts
3 IDcome from ¢h4ritable attivities
Unrestrided
funds
General
Restricted
funds
Total
2024
Total
2023
Charitable a¢tivities
174 122
81,611
255,733
200.121
4 Income from other trndiDg ictivi¢ies
Unrestricted
funds
Genergl
Total
d$
Totgl
2023
Local fundraising and street collection income
Other income from other trading actiwties
9.904
950
9.904
950
4,081
10.854
10.854
4,081
5 Investment income
UDrestrieted
nd5
General
Tot#]
2024
Totil
21123
Interest receivable and similar income,.
Jnierest re¢eivAble on bank deposits
463
463
118
6 Expendlturt on raSslng funds
a) Co$ts of iradlllg *ctivltlt5
Unrestritted
fund5
General
Totgl
2024
2023
Note
Fundraising trading costs.
FuThdrai5ing
,964
1,964
678
,964
1.964
678
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to th¢ Finvdncial Statements for lh¢ Year Ended 31 March 2024
7 Expenditsre OD ¢hgrit*ble activities
Unrestricttd
Totsl
2024
Totsl
21)23
General
Restrieted
Nott
Otber direct costs
ChaTiiabl¢ activities
Staff costs
Allocated support
costs
25,032
63,814
564
101.996
25.596
165.810
23.868
133,455
67.090
3.905
67,090
3,905
62,038
3,600
Gov¢rnance costs
159841
101560
262,401
222,961
8 Analysis of governanct and support ¢osts
Support £osts
Unrestrirted
Totll
2024
Totgl
2023
Gener*1
Wages and salarie5
Volunteer expenses
Le¥￿ & professional ftts
Depreciation
47.797
2,407
15,768
1.118
47.797
2.407
15.768
46.110
2,347
13 J86
195
67,090
67,090
62.038
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
GoverDanc¢ costs
UnTestri¢ted
Totsl
2024
Tot*1
2023
Gener*1
Ind¢pendetbt examiner fees
Examiiiation of the finan¢ial statements
L¢gal fees
2,700
1.205
2,700
1,205
2,520
1,080
3.905
3,600
9 Trustees remuner8tlOD and txpen$eg
No tru$t¢¢s. nor any persons connected with them. have received any remuneration from th¢ ¢h#rity durin8 the
year.
No tnjstees have received any Teimbursed expenses or any oth¢r beneflts frotn the charfftty during the year.
10 St*ff costs
The aggregat¢ payroll costs were as follows..
2024
2023
St9tf tosts durirtg the year were:
Wages and salari¢s
Pension costs
187,858
25,749
167,400
12,165
213,607
179,565
The TfM)nthly average number of persons (includrng senior management / lead¢rship team) employed by the
charity durtllg the Ye￿ expressed as full time equiv81ents wag as follows..
2024
2023
Number of E￿P10Yess
No ¢mployee r￿e1ved emoluments of more than £60.000 during the year.
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Home-start HillingdoD Limited
ly0t￿ to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 2024
11 Ind¢peDdent tx4miner'8 re￿￿￿e￿all0￿
2024
21123
Examination of the fmanriai stat¢ments
2.700
2,520
12 Taxgtlon
The charity is a re8iStercd charity and is therefore exempt from t¥xation.
13 Tangible fixed assets
F￿rnIture and
equipment
Tfjtgl
Cost
At l April 2023
Additions
25,760
6,696
25,760
6.696
Ai JI Mar¢h 2024
32.456
32,456
Depreeiation
At l April 2023
Charge for the ycar
25,174
25.174
At 31 March 2024
26.292
26,292
Net book v*lue
Ai 31 March 2024
6,164
6,164
At 31 March 2023
586
586
14 Ikbtors
2024
2023
Trade debtors
Prepaytnellts
9.281
245
944
9.526
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
15 C•8h and elslk equivalents
2024
2023
Cash ot) hand
Cash at bank
52
92.517
52
106,362
92,569
106,414
16 Creditors: falling due withitt one yur
2024
2023
Accntals
3.367
5,737
17 Obligatlons under leases and hire purchase coTrtT8ets
Operating leA$e commitments
Total fi]tur¢ minimum lease payments under nonthcancellable op¢rating lease5 are &s follows:
2024
2023
IAttd and buildiTrg8
Within one year
Between on¢ and five years
8,698
14.860
8.698
23.558
23.558
32,256
18 Pension And other sthemes
Defined ¢ontributi<lll peDSiOD Scheme
The charity operates a defined contribution peDsion scheme. The pension eost ¢harge for the yeaT represents
¢tsntributioThs pay8ble by the cbarity to th¢ s¢hem¢ and amowited to £12.165 (2023- £11.497).
There were no outstanding or prepaid eontributions at ¢ither the begirtning or end of th¢ financial year.
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to th¢ Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
19 CoDting•)t liabilities
Home-siart Hillingdon Limited participates in The P¢nsions Trust's Growth Plan (Ihe Plan). Th¢ Plan i5 funded
and is not contra¢ted-OUt of the Stste scheme. The Plan is a multi*mploy¢T pension plan. The charity
participated in Series 3 of the Plan up to its ¢losure on 30th Sept¢mber 2013. when li was replaced by Series 4, a
defill￿ contribution money-purcha5e pension wheme. to which current contributions made.
Following a ¢haDge in legislation in Septetnber 2005 there is a potential debt on the employ¢r that could b¢
levied by the TrnsÉee of the Plan atsd The Pensions Ad 2011 has more recently altered the definition of Series 3
of thc Groivth Plan 50 thai a liability arises to employ¢r5 from memb¢rship of any Series except Series 4.The
debt 15 due in the event of the ¢mployer eea5ing to p&rti¢ipatr in the Plan tsr the Plan winding up.
The debt for the Plan as ¥ whole is cal¢ulated by cornparing th¢ liabilities for ihe Plan (¢al¢ul*td on a buy-out
basis i.e. th¢ cost of securing benefits by purchasing annuity policies from an insurer. plus an allowan¢¢ for
¢xpenses) with th¢ assets of the Plan. If the liabilities exc¢ed assets there is a buy-oui debt.
The leaving employ¢r's share of the buy-out debt is th¢ proportion of th¢ Plan'$ liability attributable to
employment with the le&ving employer compared kn the total amowit of the Plan's liabilities (relating to
employment with all the Currently participatkng cmployersl. The leaviDg employer's debt therefore includes a
share of any 'orphat)' liabilities in respect of previously participatin8 employ¢rs. The amouni of the debt
therefore dep¢nds on many factors in¢luding iotal Plan liabilities, Plan invest￿¢￿1 perforn)allce. the liabilities in
respect of current and fornier employees of the employer, fina￿la1 ¢ondiihons at the time of the ￿SsatiOn event
and the in5uran¢e buy-out market. Ther¢fore, the amounts Ot-d¢bi can be volatile over time.
Whett an employer withdraws from a multithemployer d¢fin¢d benefit pension ￿h¢￿e whi¢h is in deficiL the
employer is required by law to pay its sh&r¢ of the d¢fi¢it, calculat¢d on a srhwiory basis (kntswn as the buy-out
bosis)- Due to a change in the definition of tngn¢y purchase contained in the Pensions Act 2011 the calculation
basis that applie5 to th¢ GroM¢h Plan will be am¢nded to include Series 3 liabilities in th¢ cglculation of an
employer's d¢bton withdrdwal.
The Growth Plan 15 a'last man standing" multi<mployer scheme. Thi$ means that if a withdrawing employer is
unable to pay its debt on withdrdwa] the liability is shared arnongst ihe remaining employers. The participating
¢mployers are th¢refor¢, jointly and 5eveJt]ly lioble for the deficit in th¢ Growth Plan.
The charity h&8 becn notified by The Pcn5ions Trust of the estimated employer debt on with(trawal from th¢
Platl based on the financial position of the Platt as at 30 September 2023. As of this date the estimo¢ed employer
debt for the charity was £6,071.
It is noi currently 2llticipated that the Charity will leav¢ th¢ p¢nsion schem¢ and th¢refore the witlhdrnw41
liability is not exptttcd to crystailise in th¢ foreseeable ￿t￿re.
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Home-start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
20 Funds
Incoming
reW￿rt¢S
Re50urvs
txpellded
BAIAne¢ gt 31
March 2024
ApT*I 2023
Uthre5tricted funds
GeneMI
Coie
25,073
185.439
(161.805)
48.707
Restricted funds
HCT fundin8 for PMH & FSW
HSL & CNWL PMHProject
CNOOC. PMH Project
Heathrow Com- FSW
Civil So¢i¢ry Roots
The Fore
24.123
26.011
27,000
(24,123)
{26.011)
(34.119)
(10,7151
{7,580)
(l2
28.000
13.51)0
20.111
20.000
20.881
2.785
11531
19,988
77.134
81,611
102,560
56,185
Totsl funds
102,207
267,050
{264,365
104,892
BalAnte at I
Aptil 2022
Incorning
resources
Resourtes
txpended
Balance at 31
March 21123
Unrestricted
Genero1
Core
50,281
149,757
(174,965)
25,073
Restricted fllnds
HCT funding for PMH & FSW
HSL & CNWL PMH Projc¢l
CN(K)C- PMHProj¢¢t
59,413
11,832
{35,290)
(13,384)
24.123
26,011
27,1100
27,563
27.000
71,245
54,563
(48.6741
77,134
Total funds
121.526
204.320
1223.639)
102.207
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Hom&Start Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financial Stat¢m¢nts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
The sp¢¢hfic purp)ses for whhch th¢ fimds are to be applied ar¢ w follow5..
Core Funds- This fund relates to the main service whi¢h i5 training volunteers to 5UPPOrt famili¢5 in Hillingdoo
who are experiencing Some fom of crisis. The Core Service covers the costs of the core st4ff salaries (inc Nl
and Pensions) and th¢ main costs of ih¢ charity e.g. rent and service charges for accomtnodation, cost of
re¢ruiting and traitting volunteers, stair trainin8 and expenses. volunteer travel exp¢nse& prof¢5SiOt)ai f¢es
insurance. acwuntsnt ftts, annual fee to Home•Start UK etc.
Hillingdon Community Trust - This is to ¢mploy a c￿Ordinal0r with resJx)nsibility for ¢xtending
HOM￿start Hillingdon's work by ¢stablishing a new progrdmme fOcU￿d on supporting wotnen with, or at risk
of, mental h¢alih problem% during th¢ p¢rinatai period in th¢ Hillingdon CommuDity Trust area.
Home-start London and CNWL partnership - This fvnd is to d¢liY¢r an NHS funded Perinatal Menial Health
Pttr Support Model Pilot between August 2020 and January 2022.
CNOOC PMH Project - This funding enables us to our exisitin& expertise in P¢rinatal Mentral H¢alth
(PNMfrI) io rea¢b more familie5 by re¢ruiting, training and managing 10 addilional volunteers to provide up to 6
months peer supwrt to an additional l6 famiies a year dealing with or at risk of PNMH chall¢nge5.
Heathrow Community Trnst - Thi5 fvnding is io employ Family Supp)rt Worker 5UPPOrt to IS vulThcrable
fatnilies with at least I child und¢r 5 who have complex n¢¢ds aDd face barriers 10 coping well with parenting.
Th¢s¢ may include isolation, mental he&]th ¢hall¢ng¢s alld dI￿le￿ItieS ac¢¢$$ing eommullity resources.
Civil Society Roots - This fwiding is to cover the Salary of & Community Ertgag¢ment Coordinator, to design
and deliver focus groups that idenlity rnotivations for anil to volunttuing, analy5¢ the dail and dt$is
efftctive strategL¢5 to tsrg¢t and enable rnothers from EMGS to p8rticipate in t)¢xt year's HSH volut)teer
re¢ruittnent.
Th¢ Fort
This funding 15 tts re¢nJit and establish the rol¢ of a Community and Corporate Fu￿draiSLnB
Coordinator. This rol¢ would allow HSH th¢ Oppo￿nIty tt> divetsify funding streatn5 to enable orgattisational
sustsinability-
21 Analys&s of ne¢ #sgets between funds
Unreslri¢¢ed
TotAi fuThds at
31 Marcb
2024
Restricted
funds
Gener41
Tangible fixed a55et5
Current ass¢ts
.urrenl liabililies
6,164
45,910
{3.367)
6.164
102.095
(3.367
56,185
Total net assets
48,707
56,185
104,892
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Home-slart Hillingdon Limited
Notes to the Financirdl Statements for the Y¢ar Ended 31 MaT¢h 2024
Unrestri¢ttd
[￿ndS
GeDer81
Total fuDds gt
31 Marcb
21b23
Restri¢ted
funds
Tangible futed assets
Current &%s¢t5
Current liabilities
586
30,224
{5.737)
586
77,134
107,358
15,737)
Toiai Met assets
25.073
77,134
102,207
22 Relaled pgrty tr4D5aCtions
There were no related party tMJsa¢tiOll5 the year.
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